Struggle and Purpose in Postwar Japanese Unionism

Acknowledgments – vii

Introduction – ix
1. Old Purpose Frustrated and Old Loyalties Challenged, 1943–1947 – 1
     Rewards of Imperial Service – 1
     Sacrifices at the End of Empire – 9
     Soldiering on in the Wake of Defeat – 13
     Taking Charge – 19
     Restrictions on Loyal Action – 25
2. Purpose Redirected, 1945–1947 – 28
     Difficulties with Benevolence – 29
     Righteousness Refocused – 32
     Radical Purposes – 39
     Tug of War over Purpose – 48
     Further Radicalization of Purpose – 59
     Difficulties for Radicalism – 67
3. In Search of New Purpose, 1946–1949 – 72
     Loosed Cannon – 72
     Unionism Transformed – 79
     The Discourse of Democratization – 88
     Unionism Reaching Higher – 100
     Highest Purpose – 112
     Sights Lowered – 123
4. At Cross Purposes, 1950–1954 – 139
     Fragmentation on Purpose – 139
     Assertion of Superiority – 148
     Finding a Cause – 154
     Labor Agreements – 163
     Higher Purpose in Public Office – 168
     Opposition to Rationalization – 175
5. The Purpose of Unionism, 1955–1963 – 190
     Competing Lineages within the Labor Movement – 191
     Struggle and Its Consequences – 207
     Heroes of Industry – 213
     Finding Purpose in Struggle – 218
     Purpose of Lineage – 227
6. Struggle over History, 1964–1984 – 229
     Individual Purpose – 230
     Steel for the Nation – 241
     Alienation and Exploitation – 248
     Charges of Corruption – 259
     Traditions of Labor Militancy – 266
     Taking Labor Seriously – 272

Glossary 1: Individuals Discussed – 283
Glossary 2: Terms, Institutions, Organizations – 285
Bibliography – 310
Index – 319